Best way to mix 2 songs with different keys?

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June 3, 2013 at 11:11 pm #40943

Edgard Rivera
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Em work good with Bm, Am, Gbm energy boost, Fm energy boost, Abm, Gm and G but this doesn’t mean you can’t mix those two together. Trust you ears. If not, play with the EQ’s, you can bring the second song in with a LPF or HPF
depend on the song.

June 3, 2013 at 11:51 pm #40945

Stazbumpa
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Or simply don’t worry about what key they’re in and mix them anyway. Good EQ’ing will solve any any clashes but 99% of listeners won’t notice anyway.

June 4, 2013 at 1:15 am #40946

Daryl Northrop
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If you can mix the songs together where there is only a drum part on one an instrumental on the other, that might smooth things out.

June 4, 2013 at 1:07 pm #40969

aaron altar
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Intro/outro mixes done fairly quickly usually solve harmonic issues. Without hearing the tracks it would be difficult to know for sure, sometimes tracks just don’t fit together.

June 4, 2013 at 1:24 pm #40971

Michael Lawrence
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just trust your instinct. The songs just may not go together at all. Even some tracks that are in the same key dont go for whatever reason…..different energy level,vibe, emotion etc; Dont force it if it doesnt work

June 5, 2013 at 4:34 pm #41004

5Raw
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Thank you for your helpful replies!

June 6, 2013 at 11:31 am #41036

DJimC
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If you don’t mind changing the key on one of your songs a bit, just changing the key on the second song to Bm woud solve your problem perfectly. I normally don’t mind changing the key if it’s only 1 semitone up or down, but more than that will often degrade the quality of the song too much.
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